"It's become pretty clear that the Jennifer Lawrence "scolding" was taken out of context and that she was dryly joking with a journalist who was indeed using his phone to take photos of her," Hathaway wrote in her post that began "Dear the Internet."

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She asks people to please stop building up women just to tear them down.

"Jennifer is a beautiful, talented, wildly successful, popular FOUR TIME OSCAR NOMINATED young woman. Please let us not punish her for these things.

Sincerely,

A J-Law fan"

Lawrence has taken a public beating for what appeared to be her takedown of a journalist backstage.

When Lawrence won a Golden Globe Sunday for her performance in "Joy" she was later answering questions for the press.

One of the reporters, Juan Pablo Fernandez-Feo, was asking Lawrence a question while looking at his phone.

"You can't just live your life behind your phone, bro," Lawrence responded. "You can't do that. You've gotta live in the now."